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Republican leaders announced that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, both the House and Senate ...
Judge Scott Larson ruled that the Texas speaker and attorney general had “failed to present a legal basis for the court” to ...
Illinois law enforcement officers cannot arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the northern state in protest ...
The battle over mid-decade redistricting in Texas -- where the state’s congressional lines could be redrawn well ahead of the ...
Democrats' absence has halted work in the Texas House, which must also approve the new boundaries, for more than a week.
The Texas Senate passed a GOP-friendly House map on Tuesday, putting it a step closer to final passage in the state ...
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Stalemate in Texas House continues

The clash continues over Texas’s push to pass a congressional map that helps Republicans win seats in the 2026 midterms.
On Tuesday, the Texas State Senate approved the new maps which are aimed at flipping as many as five Texas seats in the U.S.
Texas Republicans tried again to reconvene the House on Monday for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's ...
Another key bill the Senate passed was SB 6, Protecting Unborn Children, filed by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Tyler, which prohibits ...
While the map is accurate, the House seat was not "stolen" by Democrats — the district was drawn by the Republican-controlled ...
After the Texas House failed to make a quorum on Tuesday, Texas Democrats were told to return to Austin by Friday​ or face ...